Pictures: One Family's Inauguration Journey

JOE BURBANK, ORLANDO SENTINEL

The McWhite family reacts as President-elect Barack Obama is sworn-in as the 44th president, in Washington, DC, Tuesday, January 20, 2009. From left, Sha'ron McWhite, Theo McWhite , son Austin McWhite, and mother Ernestine McWhite on the Mall, east of the Washington Monument. The McWhites braved frigid temperatures and massive crowds to witness the event.

The McWhite family reacts as President-elect Barack Obama is sworn-in as the 44th president, in Washington, DC, Tuesday, January 20, 2009. From left, Sha'ron McWhite, Theo McWhite , son Austin McWhite, and mother Ernestine McWhite on the Mall, east of the Washington Monument. The McWhites braved frigid temperatures and massive crowds to witness the event. (JOE BURBANK, ORLANDO SENTINEL)

The McWhite family stand in 20-degree temperatures waiting to watch President-elect Barack Obama be sworn-in as the 44th president, in Washington, DC, Tuesday, January 20, 2009. From left, Ernestine McWhite, Theo McWhite, Sharon McWhite, son Austin McWhite, on the Mall, east of the Washington Monument.

The McWhite family stand in 20-degree temperatures waiting to watch President-elect Barack Obama be sworn-in as the 44th president, in Washington, DC, Tuesday, January 20, 2009. From left, Ernestine McWhite, Theo McWhite, Sharon McWhite, son Austin McWhite, on the Mall, east of the Washington Monument. (JOE BURBANK, ORLANDO SENTINEL)

For the McWhite family of Orlando, Fla., seeing the swearing-in ceremony of Barack Obama as the 44th U.S. president meant a two-day journey by bus to join a million-plus of their fellow citizens on the Mall in Washington, D.C. in freezing temperatures to witness the history-making event.